Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Keith N. McKenna
On 7/9/2017 12:13 PM, Marcus wrote: > Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: >> [...] >> >> Anyway I am proceeding with (uncommitted) development under the >> assumption >> at least 7 is ok, and will revisit with 8 if possible. Please object soon >> if you do :-) > > of course the curren

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Andrea Pescetti
Damjan Jovanovic wrote: There are many language and class library improvements in later versions of Java that we would benefit from in AOO, and if there are no objections, I would like to increase the minimum version to 7, if not 8. I agree (for trunk, of course). Java 7 is probably a safer cho

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Pedro Giffuni
Hello guys; While updating the java requirements, please someone remove StaX API (main/stax) from the build. I recall it was only used for Java versions < 5. Pedro. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 09.07.2017 um 18:38 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > Please provide a full log and build options / setup. My Windows trunk > builds perfectly. Hi Damjan, I will do so when I have time for trunk. At the moment I will concentrate on 4.1.4. Regards, Matthias smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptogra

Re: Updated dictionaries (Portuguese/English)

2017-07-09 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 09.07.2017 um 19:38 schrieb Pedro Lino: > Hi Matthias > > > (it could only be more perfect if the build number was included in > the > filename, for test builds only ;) ) >> It was just a simple rename via SFTP... ;-) > > Yes, I realize that for this build you simply did a renam

Re: Updated dictionaries (Portuguese/English)

2017-07-09 Thread Pedro Lino
Hi Matthias (it could only be more perfect if the build number was included in the filename, for test builds only ;) ) It was just a simple rename via SFTP... ;-) Yes, I realize that for this build you simply did a rename (the build date didn't change). But my request was for the build nu

Re: Updated dictionaries (Portuguese/English)

2017-07-09 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 08.07.2017 um 20:55 schrieb Pedro Lino: > Hi Matthias, all > >>> (it could only be more perfect if the build number was included in the >>> filename, for test builds only ;) ) >> Good idea! Done... ;-) > > Excellent! I meant for future builds, but why not start right now? > Thank you! Hi Pedro,

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 6:15 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Am 09.07.2017 um 18:07 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matthias Seidel < > matthias.sei...@hamburg.de> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi Damjan, > >> > >> I can only comment on a non-technical POV... > >> > >> Am 09.07.20

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Matthias Seidel
Am 09.07.2017 um 18:07 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matthias Seidel > wrote: > >> Hi Damjan, >> >> I can only comment on a non-technical POV... >> >> Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: >>> Hi >>> >>> Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Marcus
Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: [...] Anyway I am proceeding with (uncommitted) development under the assumption at least 7 is ok, and will revisit with 8 if possible. Please object soon if you do :-) of course the current 4.1.x release line should be kept as it is. If possib

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
On Sun, Jul 9, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Matthias Seidel wrote: > Hi Damjan, > > I can only comment on a non-technical POV... > > Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > > Hi > > > > Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was > > released in 2004, and was EOL from 20

Re: Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Matthias Seidel
Hi Damjan, I can only comment on a non-technical POV... Am 09.07.2017 um 14:53 schrieb Damjan Jovanovic: > Hi > > Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was > released in 2004, and was EOL from 2008; even paid Oracle customers stopped > getting updates in 2015 [2]. Th

Increase minimum Java version from 5 to 7/8 ?

2017-07-09 Thread Damjan Jovanovic
Hi Currently our Java policy [1] mandates a baseline of Java 5, which was released in 2004, and was EOL from 2008; even paid Oracle customers stopped getting updates in 2015 [2]. There are many language and class library improvements in later versions of Java that we would benefit from in AOO, an